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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1901
Page
2
Harper's Weekly envisions fierce municipal contests as every mayor could be knighted at Edward's coronation. A buoyant note on presses and a first wireless miscommunication between ironclad ships shows how Marconi might both aid and alarm naval power.
The item cites fear of a four week general strike by coal miners and wage cuts at Shellish Stel Works. It notes 173000 postal workers in Britain and Ireland and calls for eight hour work to spread. It reports 300 longshoremen quitting in La Taine Ohio, 13 waiters from Maza I Motel NYC to be deported, and multiple unions among New York clerks. It closes with teacher wages in Michigan and the push for labor legislation.
In a twilight chat at the Darwins gate Ben Worth pleads for time with Anna and reveals a salary raise. He presents a diamond ring as a symbol of hopeful commitment, while Anna, torn between prudence and affection, softly admits she too has resultant thoughts.
Police quelled a riot at the Home for Overworked Words and Phrases during a banquet marking the home’s 119th anniversary. Inmates include Bountiful Collation, Magnificently Decorated, Potted Plants, Cut Flowers, Orchestra Concealed Behind-a-Bank-of-Exotics, and others in a chaotic brawl ended by police intervention. several inmates fled or were restrained while two newcomers, Baffle and Mystery, died of fear.
The Broad Street station waiting room is dusted every Saturday morning using compressed air. An immense ladder on wheels carries a hose that attaches to the locomotive air reservoir. Three men purge walls, ceilings, frieze, columns, windows and seats in hours, a method the foreman says far faster than manual cleaning by many workers.
A New York Post piece quotes a physician linking anarchists to a submerged class and describes two types: suggestors and suggestible followers. It argues criminals and the insane share degeneracy, notes hereditary myths, and cites mental epidemics as mass phenomena. Segregation of anarchist centers is proposed to curb contagion.
The article explains tetanus or lockjaw, its causes from soil microbes near stables, entry via dirty wounds, and varying severity from mild spasms to fatal cases. It notes higher incidence in children, boys, England and Cuba, and emphasizes rest, quiet, and professional medical treatment over home remedies.
A disruptive quote from the Dartol Free Press questions whether Indians educated at college resemble others and mocks their patriotism with a wartime cheer. The brief item notes the provocative nature of the remark and the press reaction.
A Department of Agriculture push yields a new trap for mosquitoes and more aggressive fly suppression. The piece notes Newcomb on gravity limits aerial navigation, Pollak and Virag’s 375 mile telegraph line tests, zebra domestication prospects for Africa, Dr Calmette’s snake bite serum experience, and a smokeless flash powder using binoxide of barium to intensify light with minimal smoke.
The London Graphic notes rapid progress in animal psychology. Paris researchers claim animals possess emotions and the feline aesthetic sense, with a tiger purring at lavender scented wool and a lion slapping its mate over cologne. A savant reports animals are hypnotizable like humans, as lobsters and guinea pigs show vulnerability, but science underuses devices like the phonograph in such studies.
A Richmond Dispatch item notes a speaker plans immediate training for Bridget as a daughter makes her debut next month. The exchange shows the mother noting the coming event and Bridget asking a clarifying question about timing.
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